Loveland Aleworks will play host to the ‘Love + Light’ art exhibit this Friday and Saturday in honor of Valentine’s Day, transforming its taproom, patios and back of house into an illuminated outpouring of the romantic spirit. Olivia Lowe and other volunteers have been working to bring this non-commercial exhibition to the downtown area for more than nine years, with this being their second year at the brewery.
The event started with Felicia Harmon and Megan Tracy, who had the vision to take over the Feed and Grain building with contemporary, love-themed art that would light up the night for two evenings in February. After that, the show spent a few years as a grassroots light parade through the streets of Loveland before finding its latest home.
“There’s nothing like it in the area,” Loveland Aleworks co-owner Kari Klapper said. “Last year, even though I had been briefed on how things were going to be, I walked in and it was nothing like I had expected at all. Seeing everybody’s pieces coming to life after hearing about it and thinking you know, and then you see it all come together and it was just so much more.”
The artists, of which there are 12 this year, are not compensated for their participation in the show, and their works are not for sale. There is no ticket cost, all the organizers work on a volunteer basis, and Aleworks donated the use of their space for free. The thing that keeps this show going is not the financials, but the love, at least according to Lowe.
“It’s a labor of love for everybody. The first year that we did it I think we had something like 4,000 people come through the feed and grain standing in the freezing, freezing rain waiting to get in because you could only let in like 75 people at a time. The very idea that that many people would stand outside in below-freezing temperatures to see this show, that spoke for itself. That was amazing,” Lowe said. “I just think the spirit in which ‘Love + Light’ was created (is special,) and no artist wants the light to go out.”
Another thing that makes this particular exhibit special is that the pieces are created specifically for the area that they will be inhabiting. One of these, “Theater of Shadows,” a large kaleidoscope-projection complete with shadow puppets created by Kendra Fleischman. This work invites the audience to participate first-hand using the puppets or their hands to create characters for their own story, which will hopefully remind them of doing the same as children, and enable them to release their inhibitions.
Fleischman has never explored this kind of art before that allows the audience to be the artist, so it is a work that invites the creator and participant all to step outside of their comfort zones and simply play.
“I’m hoping that people will participate and have fun with it, and I know that’s a lot to put on the viewers to actually take a chance and put on their own show, but we’ll see what happens and I’m excited to see how it goes,” Fleischman said. “I hope that for my piece, people get to participate in play. That’s my big thing is just letting go of some inhibitions and playing, kind of regaining or reclaiming that feeling of being a kid.”
This sentiment of playing with form and the love of the craft is mirrored in many of the pieces that the ‘Love + Light’ exhibit will showcase. Dina Kalahar’s ‘Love’ letters are a great example of this, using ‘kinks’ in 8mm illuminated glass to spell the word love in the Aleworks windows.
A self-described ‘napkin doodler,’ she has often found herself in the brewery or other Loveland businesses daydreaming about what she could create for the space, and this has provided a great opportunity to play with form in a familiar area.
“I hope people are just inspired to find their own creative process. There are so many different mediums that are on display and so much talent that hopefully they will be inspired to create their on their own and to really enjoy it as an experience. Enjoy the artists, enjoy the work, just to really have fun,” Kalahar said.
To see an all-new side of Loveland Aleworks and the light of love just in time for Valentine’s Day, consider stopping by ‘Love + Light’ this Friday and Saturday.
As Lowe said, “Be a part of the love, be a part of the light. That’s our mission.”
If you go:
What: ‘Love + Light’
When: 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 14-15
Where: Loveland Aleworks, 118 W 4th St.
Cost: Free admission
More info: lovelandaleworks.com or facebook.com/LovelandLoveLight/
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